Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Bind vulnerability (USN-2728-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 85765

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

Hanno Bock discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain malformed keys when configured to perform DNSSEC validation. A remote attacker could use this issue with specially crafted zone data to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2728-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85765

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2728-1.nasl

Version: 2.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/3/2015

Updated: 10/23/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5722

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bind9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bind9-host, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bind9utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dnsutils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:host, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbind-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbind9-90, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdns100, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libisc95, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libisccc90, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libisccfg90, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblwres90, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lwresd, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5722

USN: 2728-1